tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48126058453014991302024-03-05T02:17:14.609-08:00Losing By NecessityI went from 265 pounds to under 190. It did not happen overnight. And I have not followed any particular plan other than what I have figured out on my own. I haven't seen many weight loss/health blogs written by men. So I will give it a try.Richard Dennis MIllerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348926230682633318noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812605845301499130.post-23443117337933824502014-02-12T08:04:00.001-08:002014-02-12T16:02:49.110-08:00No Magic Pill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The photo, taken in our kitchen, shows you what I eat most of the time. Home made whole wheat bread, tomatoes, fresh raw spinach, carrots, and cauliflower, broccoli and other vegetables are the bulk of my diet. I also eat Nabisco Triscuits as my main snack. Its not that I never eat less healthy things. But I really never eat potato chips or corn chips any more. For protein, I eat beans, chicken and fish.And I don't eat anything fried. When I go out to eat, I eat salads and/or salmon. </div>
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So I do not starve myself. And I like spinach and broccoli. I alternate between eating fresh and steamed vegetables. The main thing is that I have a routine and I do not crave variety. I eat fresh spinach just about every morning and raw broccoli just about every evening. Actually I'm probably a little obsessive about it. but that routine is part of what keeps me from gaining weight.</div>
Richard Dennis MIllerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348926230682633318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812605845301499130.post-58899057939801219592014-02-09T19:11:00.000-08:002014-02-15T19:11:56.345-08:00December 2009There was a time in December 2009 when I was eating less, simply because I lost my appetite. After feeling ill Thanksgiving weekend of that year, it took a few weeks for me to feel more or less normal. I was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia sometime around 1998. At the time, I was told to control my acid reflux symptoms with diet. In December 2009, I was finally doing that for real. My weight topped out at 265 in November. Weight loss is a totally mental game. I had never before been in the mindset in which I found myself.<br />
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I began losing weight but I had done that many times before in short intervals that were followed by a rebound back to or above where I started. This felt different. It was different.<br />
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More to come...Richard Dennis MIllerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348926230682633318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812605845301499130.post-3405864756527666172014-02-03T17:58:00.001-08:002014-02-03T17:58:32.500-08:00I Do It WrongThere are things I have made habits that go against the grain of what the experts tell you to do if you want to lose weight. It is a mental game so we are told to only weigh ourselves once per week. That way we will be less likely to become discouraged at the inevitable daily fluctuations.<br />
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I weigh myself every day. Some days more than once. The number that 'counts' in my mind is the one every morning first thing when I get up. I take care of my personal business and step on the scale. I never wear shoes or heavy clothes when weighing. Try to maintain a consistency, I record my weight on a graph. For me, the visual record serves as a warning when I gain some and an encouragement when I make progress. I am obsessed with not gaining the weight back.<br />
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More to come. Richard Dennis MIllerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348926230682633318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4812605845301499130.post-49809285952899459992014-02-02T20:01:00.001-08:002014-02-02T20:01:10.277-08:00How It All Began For MeI was at work, in a call center, answering sales and customer service phone calls. It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving 2009. As usual for a holiday, there was food in the break room. I ate a little more of the chips and onion dip than I should have. I also did not know how long the dip had been sitting out when I began eating. It had been awhile. By the time I got home that night, I felt horrible. Sort of Nauseous, but not throwing up. I had pain all over my gut. I thought it would pass in 24 hours like those kind of things usually do for me but by Saturday, I still felt bad.<br />
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And this was different. I felt like something was really wrong. Now, I am a hypochondriac so my wife was reassuring in a condescending sort of way that I would be fine. As a couple of days passed the only reason I did not feel horrible was that I had not eaten much at all. Not even on Thanksgiving day. I had lost my appetite. <br />
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My weight was somewhere a little over 260 pounds. At 47, I was beyond out of shape. I would get winded carrying the laundry up the stairs. I was taking two blood pressure medicines, and one for cholesterol as well as acid reflux. I was a mess. I finally had come to the point where my anxiety over my health outweighed my tendency to use food as an antidepressant.<br />
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More to come.Richard Dennis MIllerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16348926230682633318noreply@blogger.com0